About The Center for Policy InformaticsWhy It Matters -- Rapid advancements in information, computation, communication technology continue to proliferate society and become increasingly embedded in our everyday activities, transforming how we learn, communicate, coordinate, produce, and consume. As the world becomes increasingly complex, interconnected, dynamic, and resource-constrained, so do the public issues with which we must grapple. In an information-intensive governance environment, advancements in information, computation, and communication technology afford us the possibility to better tackle complex public issues in new and innovative ways that tap into and reflect the reality of this world. In particular, this involves liberating data, collecting the bottom-up generation of big data, modeling and simulating system dynamics of social-environmental interactions, as well as engaging, educating, and empowering public officials, future researchers, and the public-at-large to interact with data and one another in a manner that collectively produces meaningful insights, solutions, and actions to address public issues.Center for Policy InformaticsC4PI_3fd18b9a-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a5406Erik Johnston, PhDDirector & Founding Faculty MemberMarty Anderies, PhDFaculty AffiliateMatthew Buman, PhDFaculty AffiliateBenedicte Callan, PhDFaculty AffiliateElizabeth Corley, PhDFaculty AffiliateKevin Desouza, PhDFaculty AffiliateEric Hekler, PhDFaculty AffiliateDavid Hondula, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow of Health InformaticsBen Hurlbut, PhDFaculty AffiliateMarco Janssen, PhDFaculty AffiliateYushim Kim, PhDFounding Faculty MemberJustin Longo, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow of Open GovernanceSpiro Maroulis, PhDFaculty AffiliateKaren Mossberger, PhDFaculty AffiliateRick Shangraw, Jr., PhDFounding Director & Faculty AffiliateKelsey StarrUndergraduate FellowHari Sundaram, PhDFaculty AffiliateChase TreismanGraduate Research AssociateJoshua UebelherrGraduate Research AssociateManikandan VijayakumarGraduate Research AssistantAjay Vinze, PhDFaculty AffiliateDara Wald, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow of Policy InformaticsJoe WestAffiliated Faculty AssociateLinda Williams, PhDFaculty AffiliateArizona State UniversityASU School of Public AffairsThe Center seeks to become a global leader in advancing the research and practice of policy informatics to address complex public issues._3fd18d8e-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a5406To address complex public policy and administration problems by leveraging cutting-edge computation and communication technology to meaningfully connect people, harness knowledge, and facilitate informed and empowered deliberation, solution-generation, and action._3fd18e7e-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a5406PolicyPolicy informatics is the transdisciplinary study of how computation and communication technology leverages information to better understand and address complex public policy and administration problems and realize innovations in governance processes and institutions.InformaticsComputationCommunicationInnovationGovernanceProcessesInstitutionsResearchEngage in interdisciplinary and cross-sector research activities that focus on four categories of policy informatics_3fd18f46-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061The Center advances its mission and vision by engaging in a variety of interdisciplinary and cross-sector research activities that focus on four categories of policy informatics - societal change, policy analysis, design interventions, and field building - that transcend contexts, including health, education, environment, and governance.Societal ChangeStudy how advances in technology are changing the way citizens relate to one another and their governments, and vice versa._3fd19022-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.1Policy AnalysisStudy how advances in technology are enabling governments and citizens to address longstanding policy and implementation problems._3fd190f4-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.2Design InterventionsStudy how governance infrastructures and processes can be designed using advances in technology to enable individual and collective actions that address societal challenges._3fd191c6-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.3Field BuildingConsider how changes that are occurring in the field are advancing policy informatics._3fd19298-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.4HealthStudy how policy informatics contributes to the analysis, delivery, and management of healthcare._3fd19356-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.5EducationStudy how policy informatics contributes to understanding the nature of knowledge and the evaluation and delivery of education._3fd19428-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.6EnvironmentStudy how policy informatics contributes to understanding and addressing complex environmental issues._3fd19504-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.7GovernanceStudy how policy informatics influences the institutions, processes, and people that govern society. _3fd195e0-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54061.8NetworkCultivate a new community of inquiry and practice (CoIP) within the public policy research and management area._3fd196c6-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54062Association for Public Policy Analysis & ManagementThis effort partially grew out of the 2011 APPAM Research Conference, but was well on its way with several events and activities. At the APPAM fall conference, over 70 researchers and practitioners brought new energy through a vibrant set of conference panels, symposium, and workshops organized around the dual themes of complexity and computation in the public policy process.The activities of the Center are a product of the collaborative efforts of a diverse network of people and organizations committed to advancing the field of policy informatics. -- The Policy Informatics Network (PIN) is a year long effort to cultivate a new community of inquiry and practice (CoIP) within the public policy research and management area...LinkagesForge and promote tighter linkages between various communities (such as complexity scholars or modelers) and main line public policy researchers._3fd197a2-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54062.1Complexity ScholarsComplexity ModelersPublic Policy ResearchersOne of the goals is to help forge and promote tighter linkages between various communities (such as complexity scholars or modelers) and main line public policy researchers.ListservOffer a single location for interested colleagues to gather, to share news, events, and opportunities._3fd19874-9dae-11e4-8138-3c62239a54062.2PIN-L (Listserv) -- This website offers a single location for interested colleagues to gather, to share news, events, and opportunities. It's a modest effort and open to community building. Therefore, if you would like to post information, have an interesting event you'd like to share, or resource, or question, you can send an email to the PIN-L Listserv. The moderators of the Listserv will populate the website with events, opportunities, and other interesting things based on sources provided and of our own finding. You can sign up easily for the Policy Informatics Network Listserv (PIN-L) by sending a blank email to PIN-L-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@LISTSERV.ALBANY.EDU2015-01-16https://cpi.asu.edu/aboutOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net